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- Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:15 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What the Zennies say...?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 10697
Re: What the Zennies say...?
I recently spoke to a Seon nun who suggested that practices like Anapanasati, Jhana and so on can actually exagerate the ego instead of revealing its nature. She recommended practices like Hwadu/Koan in order to directly address the ego. Thoughts...? BB... Well firstly it is problematic and as this...
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:19 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Happy Birthday Modus Ponens!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2192
Re: Happy Birthday Modus Ponens!
HB! Many happy returns.
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:17 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: "Others are cruel, we shall not be cruel"
- Replies: 37
- Views: 12464
Re: "Others are cruel, we shall not be cruel"
Great thread, starter. Having been subject to baseless lies, accusation and hypocrisy recently, it is a good reminder.
Merci.
Merci.
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:09 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Morning meditation
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5419
Re: Morning meditation
Remember that most retreats will have you going to bed around ten or so - it only takes a day or two to really get used to that schedule if you work towards it in the week or so beforehand. In general, one needs less sleep during a retreat. After all, you're not doing much but sitting! I don't thin...
- Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:54 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: How do you contemplate anatta?
- Replies: 85
- Views: 18214
Re: How do you contemplate anatta?
Sure, but some people do manage to lose weight. ;) If form were self, one could eat as much as one likes and not get fat but since it is not so ........ One could command the body not to get sick or grow old. Agreed. But I don't find the "lack of control over the aggregates" argument for ...
- Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:41 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Meditation routine
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3141
Re: Meditation routine
I think samatha for beginners is fine, if you want you can start with 5 minutes of metta, I guess.
- Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:35 am
- Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
- Topic: Western Theravda organisations - propagation?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 17823
Re: Western Theravda organisations - propagation?
I am generalizing here because there are some exceptions, but what I have noticed is that the Ajahn Chah based monasteries / Ajahn Brahm monasteries and the bhikkhuni monasteries seem to be doing a good job at propagation and developing a sense of community among Western-convert Buddhists and the A...
- Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:33 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Is it still possible to get enlightened?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7730
Re: Is it still possible to get enlightened?
I would have thought they are human beings, like you and I might beBlackBird wrote: They are worldlings
- Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:31 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from Oregon!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3644
Re: Hello from Oregon!
Welcome.
- Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:11 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: How do you contemplate anatta?
- Replies: 85
- Views: 18214
Re: How do you contemplate anatta?
Do you mean meditation is a direct method, Spiny?
- Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:10 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Arahants
- Replies: 150
- Views: 56225
Re: Arahants
Agreed, hiding seems a much better proposition IMO.tiltbillings wrote:it is probably just as well that arahants remain unknown.
- Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:08 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Is it still possible to get enlightened?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7730
Re: Is it still possible to get enlightened?
In the way the Buddha talked about? Yes or no? Is there any 'evidence'? It also seems like a lot of different people mean a lot of different things by enlightenment. I would have thought yes, and I would have thought that nothing anybody else says can actually prove it. That's why Buddhism is so di...
- Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:02 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Is it still possible to get enlightened?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7730
Re: Is it still possible to get enlightened?
Here's what Ajaan Lee Dhammadaro said about it: When I first became aware of the conflicting views held by people who practice — and of how ill-informed they are — I felt inspired by their desire to learn the truth, but at the same time dismayed over their views: right mixed with wrong, some people ...
- Mon Jun 03, 2013 11:53 am
- Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
- Topic: Western Theravda organisations - propagation?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 17823
Re: Western Theravda organisations - propagation?
Thanissaro Bhikkhu has done a lot of good work translating.
- Mon Jun 03, 2013 7:26 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Dullness arising from lack of emotion in meditation
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1936
Re: Dullness arising from lack of emotion in meditation
What Ben said, drop the expectations and desires.